Graded inspection · Sep 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 24 September 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 29 September 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry35 applications · 7 places offered · 7 named it first
- 2026 5.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 6.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2014 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 13 | 34 | 2.6 | 10 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2023 | 15 | 53 | 3.5 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 16 | 54 | 3.4 | 8 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2021 | 9 | 57 | 6.3 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 27 | 74 | 2.7 | 17 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2019 | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 28 | 82 | 2.9 | 17 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 80 | 2.7 | 24 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 86 | 2.9 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 71 | 2.4 | 20 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2014 | 28 | 77 | 2.8 | 22 | 0.79 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 73% · Writing 77% · Maths 70% → all three 57% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 57% | 0% | 106 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 7% | 107 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 62% | 0% | 104 | 103 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Purwell Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20245.0applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · HertfordshireGood20228.3applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Hertfordshire20264.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · HertfordshireRemains Good · improving202372%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · HertfordshireGood20232.7applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20222.9applications per place
- 2.2 km · Hertfordshire20262.7applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 117224 · 919/2229
- Capacity
- 243 pupils · 129 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Fairfield Way, Purwell Primary School, Fairfield Way Hitchin Herts. Sg40pu, Hitchin, SG4 0PU
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · North Hertfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources